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MINI Cooper 2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin SIM-00-03-14 · NHTSA communication 10056782 · issued Aug 1, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Mini: the mislabeling of incorrect vin on some vehicles indicating they are 2015 when in actuality they are 2014, at time of manufacturing. Model f56 (cooper, cooper s). *pe

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.